Local notices and social items fill Georgetown pages
Local and personal items note a Tackey Party at the A C L Fire Hall with Art Loan Music by Prof. Frost's Orchestra. Georgetown Rifle Guards drill at 9. Judge Pritchard may face removal. Sewing Circle lecture at Rebecca Hall March 19. Various ads list Georgia Cane Syrup, Buckwheat, and Butter prices. Notables include Senator Gary's swearing in and Captain Mills's recovery, with church supper planned March 20.
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A C.L
Reliables
West End Chapel
Frost
Georgetown Rifle Guards
Jack Blake
Scurry
Electric Bazaar Soon At Carolina Hardware Co
Local firm announces transforming its right window into an electrical bazaar within a month. Showcasing electric rehashing dishes coffee percolators tea kettles sad irons warming pads curling irons massage vibrators fans machine motors portable lamps glassware bulbs and more with a luncheon for the public featuring electric heating devices. They promote the metalized filament GEM lamp and holophone shade claiming 25 percent more light for the same price.
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Carolina Hardware Co
King Daughters Circle Duty Cell Meets at Mrs butts Home
King Daughters Circle Duty Cell will meet at the residence of Mrs. O. J. Butts on Wednesday the 18th at four o clock.
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King Daughters Circle
O. J. Butts
County Board Deliberates on Master Shed and Voting Precinct Move
Georgetown South Carolina minutes from March 16 1909 report County Supervisors J B Johnson H T Mc Donald and G E Scott discussing the Master shed site and whether to move a voting precinct. They refer the question to County Attorney Walter Hazard and consider Hagley to Pawley's Island road plans before adjourning.
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Georgetown
S. C
Board of County Commissioners
J. B. Johnson
H. T. McDonald
G. E. Scott
Walter Hazard
Hagley
Pawley’s Island
Elizabeth. K. Doyle
Died As She Danced The Merry Widow Waltz
Miss Cleff collapsed while dancing the Merry Widow waltz at the Marquette Club house in Chicago. She had attended a matinee with Miss Addie Wimmer, dined quickly, and was hosting the Leap Year dance with brother Dr. Oscar Cleff nearby. She fainted as the music ended and fell to the floor.
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Chicago
Miss Cleff
Marquette
Addie Wimmer
Oscar Cleff
Pat’s Addenda of a Cemetery Inscription
An Irish traveler reads a cemetery stone that warns him to prepare for death. He jokes that despite the warning he will not follow unless he knows the path, adds his own disclaimer, and leaves the scene with a wry conclusion about fate.
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West Virginia
Pat
Hell
Alarm clocks arrive by steamship for ready use
This day a shipment arrived by steamship containing a large lot of alarm and repeating alarm clocks ready regulated for immediate use. Local merchants note steady demand as households and offices seek reliable wakefulness devices.
Fire Panic Averted at Holyoke Opera House
A false alarm during a March 15 showing at Holyoke Opera House caused a rush to the doors as flames and smoke appeared from a rear wall. Manager J P O Connell announced the fire was not serious and firemen assisted in emptying the 1500 spectators with no serious injuries. The blaze started in a smoking room and was extinguished with slight damage.
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Holyoke
Holyoke Opera House
J. P. O’connell
Apple tree lesson on pain and thinking
A farmer finds a boy under an apple tree in Versailles Indiana and the boy groans from imagined pain saying he hurts from green apples. The farmer dismisses the ache, asserting it is only the boy's thinking and urges him to go inside.
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Ae Morris
Varsailles
Ind
Marine Arrivals and Departures List for Charleston Area
Marine notices show arrivals and cargo movements for several ships on the 17th. Navahoe Hale from New York via Wilmington carries mdse for Clyde Steamship Co. Sumter Sparks from Bucksville to B A Munnerlyn & Co. Wm Elliott Sian to Black River for B A Munnerlyn & Co. Mitchell C Thompson Conway mdse via Waccamaw Line. Planter Bennett Charleston mdse and cotton for Charleston Steamship Co. Merchant Dusenbury Pee Dee River mdse for B A Munnerlyn & Co.
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Navahoe
Hale
New York
Wilmington
Mdse
Clyde Steamship Co
Sumter
Sparks
Bucksville
B. A. Munnerlyn & Co
Stmr
Wm. Elliott, Sian
Black River
Mitchell C. Thompson
Conway
Waccamaw Line
Planter
Bennett
Charleston
Charleston Steamship Co
Dusenbury
Pee Dee River
Mndse
Market Prices Summary From Local Spreadsheet
Prices listed for commodities include cotton middling at 00 corn 80 meals 1.65 feed oats 70 and several other items. D S bellies quoted at 714 D S butts 534 rice whole 41 2a5 flour choice 5.00 to 5.50 pearl grits in sacks 1.55 turpentine firm 00.
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D. S
Georgetown Candy Kitchen Ad Highlights Low Prices
Georgetown Candy Kitchen advertises a selection of candies at low cash prices. Groundnut candy six cents per pound, Coconut eight cents, Crystalized Peanut ten cents, Chocolate Cocoanut eight cents, with contact at 813 Front St. and phone 227-08.
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Georgetown
Front St
Dove descended sermon prank ends with cat question
A minister planned a dramatic dove descent during a sermon. He had a young Black boy in the belfry to signal the dove. As the preacher proclaimed the line the dove descended a voice cried down that the cat had eaten the dove.
Sheet music at Florence Book and Music Co.
Florence Book and Music Co. offers sheet music at 10 cents per copy at 117 Scriven Street.
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Florence Book and Music Co
Scriven Street
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W. L. R. Cahall
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Pitchfork
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E. W. Palmer
Gary
United States
Washington
Madge Furgerson
Munnerlyn
Johnnie Sturgeon
Mrs
Gerry Gurganus
Capt. Mills
C. P. Foxworth Co
Ladies Aid ‘Society
The
Presbyterian Church
People’s Bank
Minutes OF County Commissioners
Emma Cleff
Patrick
Inside Information
Marine News
Acme
Williams Coffee Co
Arthur C. Evans
Farrar & Wescott
Charlotte No. L. Brinkley
Mgr
Loyal McConnell
Front Street
Loyal McConnell Co
CR & & GM Beaty Engineers and Contractors
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